WE ARE A PEOPLE

Guided and directed by God’s Word and Holy Spirit. God calls us as a church to be
a welcoming and friendly place for those who find that their journey of life and faith brings them to our doors. We invite you to come find out who we are…our doors are always open to you.

WORSHIP

We celebrate God's presence in our daily lives individually and as a
community of faith.

PRAYER

We focus on the power and priority of individual and corporate prayer as an expression of our love for and dependence on God

EMPOWERING

We foster the discovery of each person's gifts and their calling from God, providing the resources necessary to enable them to grow in faith, to be effective in ministry, and to be equipped for reaching their full potential in Christ.

OUTREACH

We serve the world beyond our walls through the work of hands, faith-sharing, and reaching out to the community around us in new and exciting ways. We share and serve in response to the love of God and the grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

MISSION

We serve Almighty God through His calling to the Mission field. We recognize the blessing that God has given and want to share them through genuine care for all of God's people. Jesus tells us that "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." Come experience it for yourself. Drink from the spring today and discover all that you can be in Him.

WE BELIEVE

We believe in the one living and true God,
the loving Creator who sustains the universe,
the Father of us all, whose holy desires for human life are our hope and joy.

We believe in Jesus Christ, the ever-living Word,
fully God and fully human His perfect life is our guide:

He lived as a servant, to show us God's love.
He suffered and died on the cross, to offer us forgiveness.
He rose from the dead, to share with us his victory.

Now he prays for us without ceasing;
in the end, he will come to judge the world.
He is our Savior, Lord and Friend.

We believe in the Holy Spirit of God,
by whom we are convinced of sin, prompted to repentance, moved to confess Christ,
changes in the inner person, filled with righteousness, blessed with assurance,
guided into all truth, and given varieties of gifts for Christian service.

We believe the Bible is God's Holy Word.
It contains all things necessary for our salvation
It is the authority and guide for Christian faith and life.

Our understanding of Scripture is:
guided by the spirit, informed by tradition,
confirmed by experience and made clear through careful thinking.

We believe the gift of the Christian life
is offered to us in our Baptism and begun through our personal faith in Jesus Christ.

This abundant life is marked by:
doing no harm and avoiding all evil, by doing good in every way
and by keeping the commands of God.

Our continual growtn in the knowledge of God, in love and in service,
shows that we are alive in Christ. Our final home will be in Heaven.

We believe the church is a community of faith,
where all true believers live under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

God calls us to be a redeeming fellowship,
to let love rule and grow in all our hearts, to meet human need
to build each other up and to heal relationships with acceptance, love and care.

God calls us to extend Christ's ministry of love to all people,
to share a common life through worship, prayer, study and service,
to make disciples by teaching all that Jesus commands, to oppose evil,
to work for peace and justice and to offer new life in Jesus Christ to the world.

PASTOR KEVIN K. LOCKER

was appointed Pastor of our church on July 1, 2006. He has served congregations in Clearfield, Cross Roads, Pleasant Gap, Altoona and Scranton, Pennsylvania. Pastor Kevin is a native of Reading, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1981 and his Master of Divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology in 1985.

Pastor Kevin has been a Pastor for the past 21 years and his greatest joy is seeing folks awaken to faith in Christ and grow in that faith which leads them to a commitment of becoming involved in the mission and ministry of the church.

Pastor Kevin is married to Valerie and they have two grown children, Jessica and Christian.

You may email Pastor Kevin at pastorkevin@ysumc.org